The Best of Celine Dion & David Foster

The Best of Celine Dion & David Foster
The Best of Celine Dion & David Foster
Compilation album by Celine Dion
Released	19 October 2012
Recorded	1993–2007
Genre	Pop
Length	74:07
Label	Columbia
Producer	David Foster; Walter Afanasieff; René Angélil; Babyface; Carole Bayer Sager; Simon Franglen; Humberto Gatica; Tony Renis;
Celine Dion chronology

The Best of Celine Dion & David Foster is a compilation album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Columbia Records in selected Asian countries on 19 October 2012. It features songs produced by Grammy Award-winning musician, record producer and songwriter, David Foster, including previously unreleased "If I Can Dream" (duet with Elvis Presley).

Content

This Asia exclusive release celebrates twenty years of partnership between Celine Dion and David Foster.^[1] The album was released in countries like Philippines, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea and China. It includes hits like "Because You Loved Me," "The Power of Love," "All by Myself," "Tell Him" (duet with Barbra Streisand) and "To Love You More," and previously unreleased duet with Elvis Presley on "If I Can Dream".^[1] The latter track was recorded for Idol Gives Back and Dion performed it with Presley (together on stage with use of rotoscoping) on American Idol on 25 April 2007.^[1] The Best of Celine Dion & David Foster also contains duets with Andrea Bocelli, Frank Sinatra, Luciano Pavarotti and Clive Griffin.^[1] Three songs included here were featured in films: "Because You Loved Me" in Up Close & Personal, "When I Fall in Love" in Sleepless in Seattle and "The Prayer" in Quest for Camelot.^[1] However, the album does not include any song from Unison (1990), where Foster produced five tracks.^[1] The cover photo was taken from an exclusive session with Dion and Foster at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in October 2005, made by photographer Jerry Metellus for the NUVO magazine.^[2]

*The Best of Celine Dion & David Foster* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Power of Love"	Gunther Mende Candy DeRouge Jennifer Rush Mary Susan Applegate	David Foster	5:41
2.	"All by Myself" (edited single version)	Eric Carmen Sergei Rachmaninoff	Foster	4:01
3.	"When I Fall in Love" (duet with Clive Griffin)	Edward Heyman Victor Young	Foster	4:19
4.	"The Colour of My Love"	Foster Arthur Ganov	Foster	3:24
5.	"What a Wonderful World"	George David Weiss Bob Thiele	Foster	3:47
6.	"Because You Loved Me"	Diane Warren	Foster	4:33
7.	"The Prayer" (duet with Andrea Bocelli)	Carole Bayer Sager Foster Alberto Testa^[a] Tony Renis^[a]	Foster Renis^[b] Sager^[b]	4:27
8.	"To Love You More"	Foster Junior Miles	Foster	5:27
9.	"Tell Him" (duet with Barbra Streisand)	Linda Thompson Walter Afanasieff Foster	Foster Afanasieff	4:50
10.	"All the Way" (duet with Frank Sinatra)	Jimmy Van Heusen Sammy Cahn	Foster René Angélil	3:52
11.	"I Surrender"	Louis Biancaniello Sam Watters	Foster Simon Franglen	4:51
12.	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	Ewan MacColl	Foster	4:06
13.	"If I Could"	Ken Hirsch Marti Sharron Ron Miller	Foster	4:46
14.	"I Hate You Then I Love You" (duet with Luciano Pavarotti)	Renis Manuel de Falla A. Testa Fabio Testa Norman Newell	Foster Humberto Gatica Renis	4:42
15.	"The Power of the Dream"	Foster Babyface Thompson	Foster Babyface^[b]	4:30
16.	"If I Can Dream" (duet with Elvis Presley)	Walter Earl Brown	Foster	3:11
17.	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"	Gerry Goffin Carole King Jerry Wexler	Foster	3:40
Total length:				74:07

Notes

Weekly chart performance for *The Best of Celine Dion & David Foster*
Chart (2012)	Peak position
South Korean Albums (Circle)^[3]	38
South Korean International Albums (Circle)^[4]	9

Release history for *The Best of Celine Dion & David Foster*
Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Asia^[1]	19 October 2012	Columbia	CD	8 8725-44810-2 7

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "The Best of Celine Dion & David Foster" (in Chinese). Five Music. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
^ "David Foster: Getting by with a little help from his friends". NUVO. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
^ "South Korea Circle Album Chart". On the page, select "2012.10.28~2012.11.03" to obtain the corresponding chart. Circle Chart
^ "South Korea Circle International Album Chart". On the page, select "2012.10.28~2012.11.03" to obtain the corresponding chart. Circle Chart